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Patented Nov. l, I898.

No. 6l3,632.

E. B. JACKSON.

CLOTHES WASHING-DEVICE.

(Application filed Apr.

(No Model.)

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CLOTHES-WASHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,632, dated November 1, 1898.

Application filed April 29, 1898.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ETHEL BEATRICE J ACK- SON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Meeker, in the county of Rio Blanco and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Washing Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-washing devices.

My improvement is intended as an aid or auxiliary to the washboard and washing-machine, whereby the rubbing of the clothes is made easier and more effective.

To this end the invention consists of the features hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a section taken through the center of the device. Fig. 3 illustrates the device in use, shown in connection with a washboard.

Similar reference characters indicating corresponding parts in the views, let the numeral 5 designate each of a pair of side pieces, between which is located the scrubbing-block 6, which is trunnioned or pivotally mounted on the side pieces, preferably at points above its center, as shown at '7. The pivots 7 engage the end edges of the block 6. To the face of the block 6 are attached a number of ribs 6.

The upper extremities of the side pieces 5 are connected by a bar 8, located just above the upper edge of the scrubbing-block when the latter is in the closed position, or that shown in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2.

The garment to be washed is held between the block 6 and the bar 8, which may therefore be called the catch-bar. In order to insert the garment, the block 6 is opened or moved backwardly to the dotted-line position Serial No. 679.198. (No model.)

in Fig. 2. The garment is then drawn up wardly beneath the catch-bar, after which the block is closed or returned to the full-line position, clamping the garment between the block and the bar 8. The garment then lies across the ribbed face of the block ready to be rubbed upon an ordinary washboard. (See Fig. 3.)

To the lower extremities of the side pieces 5 is attached a handle-bar 9, which is located in front of the scrubbing-block. This bar protrudes on opposite sides of the device, where it terminates in pieces 9, adapted to be grasped by the hands while using the device.

From Fig. 3 of the drawings the use of the device will be readily understood. The washboard 10 is placed in the tub 12 in usual manner. The garment is then drawn upwardly from the tub and passed through underneath the catch-bar, the scrubbing-block being then in the dotted-line position. (See Fig. 2.) The scrubbing-block is then returned to the full-line position, clamping the garment between itself and the catch-bar. The garment then lies between the scrubbing-block and the rubbing-surface of the washboard. The user then grasps the handpieces 9 of the handle-bar and-moves the device back and forth, rubbing the garment over the corrugated or ribbed surface of the washboard 10. When the portion of the garment directly acted upon is sufficiently clean, the scrubbing-block is again moved to the dotted-line position in Fig. 2 and the garment pulled farther through under the catch-bar and over the upper edge of the scrubbing-block, which is again moved to the clamping'position, when the operation is continued as before until the entire garment has been subjected to the scrubbing operation.

By reason of the fact that the scrubbingblock is pivoted above its center, whereby-the bearing-surface during use is greater below the center, the garment is held automatically clamped between the scrubbing-block and the catch-bar during the use of the device, as heretofore explained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a clothes-washing device, the combination of two side pieces, a scrubbing-block pivoted between them, a catch-bar attached to the side pieces and adapted to coiperate 5 with the scrubbing-block in holding the garment to be Washed, and a handle-bar attached to the side pieces, for the purpose set forth.

In testimonjwhereof I atfix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ETIIEL BEATRICE JACKSON.

\Vitnesses:

M. H. JACKSON, E. E. FORDHAM. 

